{{Short description|Award to foster racial and ethnic diversity}} The '''PEN Open Book Award''' (known as the '''Beyond Margins Award''' through 2009) is an award intended to foster racial and ethnic diversity within the literary and publishing communities, and works to establish access for diverse literary groups to the publishing industry.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://bookcritics.org/blog/archive/pen_beyond_margins |title=PEN Beyond Margins |date=November 19, 2009 |access-date=August 29, 2012 |publisher=National Book Critics Circle |archive-date=May 20, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110520054721/http://bookcritics.org/blog/archive/pen_beyond_margins/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> Created in 1991 by the PEN American Center (today PEN America), the award ensures custodians of language and literature are representative of the American people.
The Committee discusses mutual concerns and strategies for advancing writing and professional activities, and coordinates Open Book events. While multiple awards were presented in previous years, the PEN Open Book Award now presents one award every year to books published in the United States (but without citizenship or residency requirements) by "authors of color who have not received wide media coverage".
The award is one of many PEN awards sponsored by International PEN affiliates in over 145 PEN centers around the world. The PEN American Center awards have been characterized as being among the "major" American literary prizes. <ref>{{cite book |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LyJqIfNPSgcC&pg=PA689 |title=The Continuum Encyclopedia of American Literature |chapter=Literary Prizes and Awards |publisher=Continuum International Publishing Group |author=Alfred Bendixen |year=2005 |page=689 |isbn=978-0-8264-1777-0 |access-date=2016-10-23 |archive-date=2023-02-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230224194004/https://books.google.com/books?id=LyJqIfNPSgcC&pg=PA689 |url-status=live }}</ref>
==Honorees==
=== PEN Open Book Award === After 2010, the Beyond Margins Award was renamed the PEN Open Book Award. {| class="wikitable sortable" |+PEN Open Book Award winners and finalists ! scope="col" |Year ! scope="col" |Author ! scope="col" |Title ! scope="col" |Result ! scope="col" |{{Ref heading}} |-style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="2" |2011 |{{sortname|Manu|Joseph}} |''Serious Men'' |Winner |<ref name=":4">{{cite web|date=November 16, 2012|title=2011 PEN Open Book Award|url=https://pen.org/2011-pen-open-book-award/|access-date=October 27, 2021|website=pen.org|archive-date=October 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211027080527/https://pen.org/2011-pen-open-book-award/|url-status=live}}</ref> |- |{{sortname|John|Murillo}} |''Up Jump the Boogie'' |Runner Up |<ref name=":4" /> |-style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="3" |2012 |{{sortname|Siddhartha|Deb}} |''{{Sortname|The|Beautiful and the Damned: A Portrait of the New India|link=|nolink=1}}'' |Winner |<ref name=":5">{{cite web|title=2012 PEN Open Book Award|url=http://www.pen.org/literature/2012-pen-open-book-award|access-date=August 1, 2014|work=pen.org|date=14 November 2012 |archive-date=June 7, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140607175246/http://www.pen.org/literature/2012-pen-open-book-award|url-status=live}}</ref> |- |{{sortname|Helon|Habila}} |''Oil on Water'' | rowspan="2" |Finalist | rowspan="2" |<ref name=":5" /> |- |{{sortname|Quan|Barry}} |''Water Puppets'' |-style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="5" |2013 |{{sortname|Gina|Apostol}} |''Gun Dealers' Daughter'' | rowspan="2" |Winner (tie) | rowspan="2" |<ref>{{cite web|author=Carolyn Kellogg|date=August 14, 2013|title=Jacket Copy: PEN announces winners of its 2013 awards|url=http://www.latimes.com/features/books/jacketcopy/la-et-jc-pen-announces-winners-of-its-2013-awards-20130814,0,5632674.story|access-date=August 14, 2013|work=Los Angeles Times|archive-date=August 16, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130816025317/http://www.latimes.com/features/books/jacketcopy/la-et-jc-pen-announces-winners-of-its-2013-awards-20130814,0,5632674.story|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{cite web|title=2013 PEN Open Book Award|url=http://www.pen.org/literature/2013-pen-open-book-award|access-date=August 1, 2014|work=pen.org|date=25 July 2013 |archive-date=October 11, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141011082448/http://www.pen.org/literature/2013-pen-open-book-award|url-status=live}}</ref> |-style="background:#cddeff" |{{sortname|Kevin|Young|Kevin Young (poet)}} |''{{Sortname|The|Grey Album|link=The Grey Album (book)}}'' |- |{{sortname|Francine J. |Harris}} |''Allegiance'' | rowspan="3" |Finalist | rowspan="3" |<ref name=":0" /> |- |{{sortname|Brenda|Shaughnessy}} |''Our Andromeda'' |- |{{sortname|Natalie|Diaz}} |''When My Brother Was an Aztec'' |-style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="5" |2014 |{{sortname|Nina|McConigley}} |''Cowboys and East Indians'' | rowspan="2" |Winner (tie) | rowspan="2" |<ref>{{cite news|author=Ron Charles|author-link=Ron Charles (critic)|date=July 30, 2014|title=Winners of the 2014 PEN Literary Awards|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/style-blog/wp/2014/07/30/winners-of-the-2014-pen-literary-awards/|access-date=August 1, 2014|newspaper=Washington Post|archive-date=May 9, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150509075051/http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/style-blog/wp/2014/07/30/winners-of-the-2014-pen-literary-awards/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{cite web|title=2014 PEN Open Book Award|url=http://www.pen.org/literature/2014-pen-open-book-award|access-date=August 1, 2014|work=pen.org|date=16 April 2014 |archive-date=August 14, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140814081528/http://www.pen.org/literature/2014-pen-open-book-award|url-status=live}}</ref> |-style="background:#cddeff" |{{sortname|Ruth Ellen|Kocher}} |''domina Un/blued'' |- |{{sortname|Kwame|Dawes}} |''Duppy Conqueror'' | rowspan="3" |Finalist | rowspan="3" |<ref name=":1" /> |- |{{sortname|Taiye|Selasi}} |''Ghana Must Go'' |- |{{sortname|Jennifer|Foerster}} |''Leaving Tulsa'' |-style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="5" |2015 |{{sortname|Claudia|Rankine}} |''Citizen: An American Lyric'' |Winner |<ref>{{cite web|date=May 8, 2015|title=2015 PEN Literary Award Winners|url=http://www.pen.org/blog/announcing-2015-pen-literary-award-winners|access-date=March 2, 2016|publisher=PEN|archive-date=March 2, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160302024558/http://www.pen.org/blog/announcing-2015-pen-literary-award-winners|url-status=live}}</ref> |- |{{sortname|Rabih|Alameddine}} |''{{Sortname|An|Unnecessary Woman|link=}}'' | rowspan="4" |Finalist | rowspan="4" |<ref>{{Cite web|date=2015-05-14|title=2015 PEN Literary Award Winners Make Great Recommendations|url=https://www.bookweb.org/news/2015-pen-literary-award-winners-make-great-recommendations|access-date=2022-01-30|website=the American Booksellers Association|archive-date=2022-01-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220130203757/https://www.bookweb.org/news/2015-pen-literary-award-winners-make-great-recommendations|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2015-04-10|title=2015 PEN Literary Awards Shortlist|url=https://pen.org/2015-pen-literary-awards-shortlist/|access-date=2022-01-30|website=PEN America|language=en|archive-date=2022-12-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221206062418/https://pen.org/2015-pen-literary-awards-shortlist/|url-status=live}}</ref> |- |{{sortname|Roxane|Gay}} |''{{Sortname|An|Untamed State|link=}}'' |- |{{sortname|Teju|Cole}} |''Every Day Is for the Thief'' |- |{{sortname|Samrat|Upadhyay}} |''{{Sortname|The|City Son|link=|nolink=1}}'' |-style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="5" |2016 |{{sortname|Rick|Barot}} |''Chord'' |Winner |<ref name=":2">{{cite web|date=April 13, 2016|title=2016 PEN Open Book Award|url=https://pen.org/literature/2016-pen-open-book-award|access-date=May 23, 2017|publisher=PEN|archive-date=April 19, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160419145934/http://www.pen.org/literature/2016-pen-open-book-award|url-status=live}}</ref> |- |{{sortname|Reginald Dwayne|Betts}} |''Bastards of the Reagan Era'' | rowspan="4" |Finalist | rowspan="4" |<ref name=":2" /> |- |{{sortname|Vievee|Francis}} |''Forest Primeval: Poems'' |- |{{sortname|Lauret|Savoy}} |''Trace: Memory, History, Race, and the American Landscape'' |- |{{sortname|Marie|Mutsuki Mockett}} |''Where the Dead Pause, and the Japanese Say Goodbye: A Journey'' |-style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="5" |2017 |{{sortname|Helen|Oyeyemi}} |''What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours'' |Winner |<ref>{{cite web|date=February 22, 2017|title=2017 PEN Open Book Award|url=https://pen.org/2017-pen-open-book-award/|access-date=May 23, 2017|publisher=PEN|archive-date=February 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202070731/https://pen.org/2017-pen-open-book-award/|url-status=live}}</ref> |- |{{sortname|Monica|Youn}} |''Blackacre'' | rowspan="4" |Finalist | rowspan="4" |<ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-01-18|title=2017 PEN America Literary Awards Finalists|url=https://pen.org/2017-pen-america-literary-awards-finalists/|access-date=2022-01-30|website=PEN America|language=en|archive-date=2022-01-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220130203747/https://pen.org/2017-pen-america-literary-awards-finalists/|url-status=live}}</ref> |- |{{sortname|Solmaz|Sharif}} |''Look'' |- |{{sortname|Jamaal|May}} |''{{Sortname|The|Big Book of Exit Strategies|link=|nolink=1}}'' |- |{{sortname|Petina|Gappah}} |''The Book of Memory'' |-style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="5" |2018 |{{sortname|Alexis|Okeowo}} |''{{Sortname|A|Moonless, Starless Sky: Ordinary Women and Men Fighting Extremism in Africa|link=|nolink=1}}'' |Winner |<ref>{{cite web|author=John Maher|date=February 21, 2018|title=Long Soldier, Zhang, Le Guin Win At 2018 PEN Literary Awards|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/awards-and-prizes/article/76113-pen-america-literary-awards-2018.html|access-date=February 21, 2018|work=Publishers Weekly|archive-date=February 22, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180222044854/https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/awards-and-prizes/article/76113-pen-america-literary-awards-2018.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=February 20, 2018|title=The 2018 PEN America Literary Awards Winners|url=https://pen.org/2018-winners/|access-date=February 21, 2018|publisher=PEN America|archive-date=February 21, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180221213041/https://pen.org/2018-winners/|url-status=live}}</ref> |- |{{sortname|Kei|Miller}} |''Augustown'' | rowspan="4" |Finalist | rowspan="4" |<ref>{{cite web|author=Porter Anderson|date=January 31, 2018|title=Industry Notes: PEN America's Finalists|url=https://publishingperspectives.com/2018/01/pen-america-translation-prize-multiple-competitions-finalists-2018/|access-date=February 21, 2018|work=Publishing Perspectives|archive-date=February 22, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180222045032/https://publishingperspectives.com/2018/01/pen-america-translation-prize-multiple-competitions-finalists-2018/|url-status=live}}</ref> |- |{{sortname|Erika L. |Sánchez}} |''Lessons on Expulsion: Poems'' |- |{{sortname|Jessica B.|Harris}} |''My Soul Looks Back: A Memoir'' |- |{{sortname|Nicole|Sealey}} |''Ordinary Beast: Poems'' |-style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="5" |2019 |{{sortname|Nafissa|Thompson-Spires}} |''Heads of the Colored People'' |Winner |<ref>{{Cite web|date=February 28, 2019|title=PEN America Literary Awards 2019 winners announced|url=https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2019/02/28/127540/pen-america-literary-awards-2019-winners-announced/|access-date=February 27, 2019|website=Books+Publishing|language=en-AU|archive-date=February 28, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190228070239/https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2019/02/28/127540/pen-america-literary-awards-2019-winners-announced/|url-status=live}}</ref> |- |{{sortname|Shauna|Barbosa}} |''Cape Verdean Blues'' | rowspan="4" |Finalist | rowspan="4" |<ref>{{Cite web|date=January 15, 2019|title=Announcing the 2019 PEN America Literary Awards Finalists|url=https://pen.org/2019finalists/|access-date=February 23, 2019|website=PEN America|archive-date=October 30, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191030134810/https://pen.org/2019finalists/|url-status=live}}</ref> |- |{{sortname|Jenny|Xie}} |''Eye Level'' |- |{{sortname|Tyrese|Coleman}} |''How to Sit: A Memoir in Stories and Essays'' |- |{{sortname|Ángel|García|Ángel García (writer)}} |''Teeth Never Sleep'' |-style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="5" |2020 |{{sortname|Brandon |Shimoda}} |''The Grave on the Wall'' |Winner |<ref>{{Cite web|title=The 2020 PEN America Literary Awards Winners|url=https://pen.org/2020-pen-america-literary-awards-winners/|access-date=2022-01-30|website=PEN America|date=25 February 2020 |archive-date=2022-01-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220130203749/https://pen.org/2020-pen-america-literary-awards-winners/|url-status=live}}</ref> |- |{{sortname|Camonghne |Felix}} |''Build Yourself a Boat'' | rowspan="4" |Finalist | rowspan="4" |<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-01-28|title=Announcing the 2020 PEN America Literary Awards Finalists|url=https://pen.org/2020-pen-america-literary-awards-finalists/|access-date=2022-01-30|website=PEN America|language=en|archive-date=2022-01-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220130203745/https://pen.org/2020-pen-america-literary-awards-finalists/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Temple|first=Emily|date=2020-01-28|title=Here are your 2020 PEN America literary awards finalists.|url=https://lithub.com/here-are-your-2020-pen-america-literary-awards-finalists/|access-date=2022-01-30|website=Literary Hub|archive-date=2022-01-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220130203757/https://lithub.com/here-are-your-2020-pen-america-literary-awards-finalists/|url-status=live}}</ref> |- |{{sortname|Carmen |Giménez Smith}} |''Be Recorder'' |- |{{sortname|Maya |Phillips}} |''Erou'' |- |{{sortname|Maurice |Carlos Ruffin}} |''We Cast a Shadow'' |-style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="5" |2021 |{{sortname|Asako|Serizawa}} |''Inheritors'' |Winner |<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-04-08|title=Announcing the 2021 PEN America Literary Awards Winners|url=https://pen.org/literary-awards/2021-pen-america-literary-awards-winners/|access-date=2022-01-30|website=PEN America|language=en|archive-date=2022-01-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220121232728/https://pen.org/literary-awards/2021-pen-america-literary-awards-winners/|url-status=live}}</ref> |- |{{sortname|Mei-mei|Berssenbrugge}} |''A Treatise on Stars'' | rowspan="4" |Finalist | rowspan="4" |<ref>{{Cite web|date=February 10, 2021|title=Announcing the 2021 PEN America Literary Awards Finalists|url=https://pen.org/literary-awards/2021-pen-america-literary-awards-finalists/|access-date=February 14, 2021|website=PEN America|language=en|archive-date=February 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210214001856/https://pen.org/literary-awards/2021-pen-america-literary-awards-finalists/|url-status=live}}</ref> |- |{{sortname|Souvankham|Thammavongsa}} |''How to Pronounce Knife: Stories'' |- |{{sortname|Hafizah|Geter}} |''Un-American'' |- |{{sortname|S*an D.|Henry-Smith}} |''Wild Peach'' |-style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="5" | 2022 |{{sortname|Divya|Victor}} |''Curb'' |Winner | <ref name=":3">{{cite news |last1=Smith |first1=Eliza |title=Here are the winners of the 2022 PEN America Literary Awards. |url=https://lithub.com/here-are-the-winners-of-the-2022-pen-america-literary-awards/ |access-date=March 4, 2022 |work=Literary Hub |date=March 1, 2022 |archive-date=March 3, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220303221307/https://lithub.com/here-are-the-winners-of-the-2022-pen-america-literary-awards/ |url-status=live }}</ref> |- | {{sortname|Rebecca|Hall}} | ''Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts'' | rowspan="4" | Finalist | rowspan="4" |<ref name=":3" /> |- | {{sortname|Rajiv|Mohabir}} | ''Antiman: A Hybrid Memoir'' |- | {{sortname|Thirii Myo Kyaw|Myint}} | ''Names for Light: A Family History'' |- | {{sortname|Elissa|Washuta}} | ''White Magic'' |-style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="5" |2023 |{{sortname|Hafizah Augustus |Geter}} |''{{Sortname|The|Black Period|link=|nolink=1}}'' |Winner |<ref>{{Cite web |last=Schaub |first=Michael |date=2023-03-03 |title=PEN Award Winners Announced |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-features/articles/pen-award-winners-announced/ |access-date=2023-03-06 |website=Kirkus Reviews |language=en |archive-date=2023-03-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230306021844/https://www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-features/articles/pen-award-winners-announced/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=March 6, 2023 |title=PEN America Literary Award Winners Celebrated |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=4429 |access-date=2023-03-07 |website=Shelf Awareness |archive-date=2023-03-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230307023018/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=4429 |url-status=live }}</ref> |- |{{sortname|Ramona|Emerson}} |''Shutter'' | rowspan="4" |Finalist | rowspan="4" |<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-02-15 |title=Announcing the 2023 PEN America Literary Awards Finalists |url=https://pen.org/literary-awards/announcing-the-2023-pen-america-literary-awards-finalists/ |access-date=2023-02-20 |website=PEN America |language=en |archive-date=2023-02-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230220041319/https://pen.org/literary-awards/announcing-the-2023-pen-america-literary-awards-finalists/ |url-status=live }}</ref> |- |{{sortname|Casey|Rocheteau}} |''Gorgoneion'' |- |{{sortname|Paul|Tran}} |''All The Flowers Kneeling'' |- |{{sortname|Toya|Wolfe}} |''Last Summer on State Street'' |-style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="4" |2024 |{{sortname|Jacqueline|Crooks}} |''Fire Rush'' |Winner |<ref>{{Cite web |title=PEN Open Book Award |url=https://pen.org/literary-awards/pen-open-book-award/ |access-date=2026-02-08 |website=PEN America |language=en-US}}</ref> |- |{{sortname|Ava|Chin}} |''Mott Street: A Chinese American Family’s Story of Exclusion and Homecoming'' | rowspan="3" |Finalist | rowspan="3" |<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2024-04-22 |title=Announcing the 2024 PEN America Literary Awards Finalists |url=https://pen.org/2024-pen-america-literary-awards-finalists/ |access-date=2026-02-08 |website=PEN America |language=en-US |archive-date=2025-11-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251127132213/https://pen.org/2024-pen-america-literary-awards-finalists/ |url-status=live }}</ref> |- |{{sortname|Soraya|Palmer}} |''{{Sort|Human Origins of Beatrice Porter and Other Essential Ghosts|The Human Origins of Beatrice Porter and Other Essential Ghosts}}'' |- |{{sortname|Parini|Shroff}} |''{{Sort|Bandit Queens|The Bandit Queens}}'' |-style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="4" |2025 |{{sortname|Kali Nicole|Gross}} |''Vengeance Feminism: The Power of Black Women’s Fury in Lawless Times'' |Winner |<ref>{{Cite web |last=Schaub |first=Michael |date=2025-05-12 |title=PEN America Reveals 2025 Literary Award Winners |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-features/articles/pen-america-reveals-2025-literary-award-winners/ |access-date=2026-02-08 |website=Kirkus Reviews |language=en |archive-date=2025-06-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250618215831/https://www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-features/articles/pen-america-reveals-2025-literary-award-winners/ |url-status=live }}</ref> |- |{{sortname|James B. |Haile III}} |''{{Sort|Dark Delight of Being Strange: Black Stories of Freedom|The Dark Delight of Being Strange: Black Stories of Freedom}}'' | rowspan="3" |Finalist | rowspan="3" |<ref>{{Cite web |last=Schaub |first=Michael |date=April 14, 2025 |title=Finalists for the 2025 PEN America Awards Revealed |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-features/articles/finalists-for-the-2025-pen-america-awards-revealed/ |access-date=2026-02-08 |website=Kirkus Reviews |language=en |archive-date=2025-04-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250429045014/http://www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-features/articles/finalists-for-the-2025-pen-america-awards-revealed/ |url-status=live }}</ref> |- |{{sortname|Jenn M.|Jackson}} |''Black Women Taught Us: An Intimate History of Black Feminism'' |- |{{sortname|Rae Giana|Rashad}} |''{{Sort|Blueprint|The Blueprint}}'' |- ! rowspan="5" |2026 |{{sortname|Rickey|Fayne}} |''{{Sort|Devil Three Times|The Devil Three Times}}'' | rowspan="5" |Finalist | rowspan="5" |<ref>{{Cite web |last=Schaub |first=Michael |date=2026-01-30 |title=PEN America Reveals Finalists for 2026 Book Awards |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-features/articles/pen-america-reveals-finalists-for-2026-book-awards/ |access-date=2026-02-08 |website=Kirkus Reviews |language=en}}</ref> |- |{{sortname|Justin|Haynes}} |''Ibis'' |- |{{sortname|Kilbourne|Brandon}} |''Natural History'' |- |{{sortname|Samyak|Shertok}} |''No Rhododendrons'' |- |{{sortname|Mary Annette|Pember}} |''Medicine River: A Story of Survival and the Legacy of Indian Boarding Schools'' |} === Beyond Margins Award === Prior to 2010, the PEN Open Book Award was referred to as the Beyond Margins Award, and several books were selected per year as joint winners. {| class="wikitable sortable" |+Beyond Margins Award winners !Year !Author !Title |- ! rowspan="4" |Earlier<br>winners |{{sortname|Giannina|Braschi}} |''Yo-Yo Boing!'' |- |{{sortname|Timothy|Liu}} |''Say Goodnight'' |- |{{sortname|Bino|Realuyo}} (ed.) |''The NuyorAsian Anthology'' |- |{{sortname|April|Robinson}} | |- ! rowspan="5" |2002 |{{sortname|Meena|Alexander}} |''Illiterate Heart'' |- |{{sortname|Luis|Francia}} |''Eye of the Fish'' |- |{{sortname|Joy|Harjo}} |''A Map to the Next World: Poetry and Tales'' |- |{{sortname|Victor|LaValle}} |''Slapboxing with Jesus: Stories'' |- |{{sortname|Nelly|Rosario}} |''Song of the Water Saints'' |- ! rowspan="5" |2004 |{{sortname|Laila|Halaby}} |''West of the Jordan: A Novel'' |- |{{sortname|Suki|Kim}} |''The Interpreter'' |- |{{sortname|Nasdijj|}} |''The Boy and the Dog Are Sleeping'' |- |{{sortname|Willie|Perdomo}} |''Smoking Lovely'' |- |{{sortname|April|Reynolds}} |''Knee-Deep in Wonder: A Novel'' |- ! rowspan="5" |2005 |{{sortname|Faith|Adiele}} |''Meeting Faith: The Forest Journals of a Black Buddhist Nun'' |- |{{sortname|Raquel|Cepeda}} (ed.) |''And It Don’t Stop: The Best American Hip-Hop Journalism of the Last 25 Years'' |- |{{sortname|Lan Samantha|Chang}} |''Inheritance'' |- |{{sortname|Lolita|Hernandez}} |''Autopsy of an Engine, and Other Stories from the Cadillac Plant'' |- |{{sortname|Ishle Yi|Park}} |''The Temperature of This Water'' |- ! rowspan="5" |2006 |{{sortname|Richard|Blanco}} |''Directions to the Beach of the Dead'' |- |{{sortname|Andrew|Lam}} |''Perfume Dreams: Reflections on the Vietnamese Diaspora'' |- |{{sortname|Ed|Bok Lee}} |''Real Karaoke People'' |- |{{sortname|Caryl|Phillips}} |''Dancing in the Dark'' |- |{{sortname|Jennifer|Tseng}} |''The Man with My Face'' |- ! rowspan="4" |2007 |{{sortname|Chimamanda|Ngozi Adichie}} |''Half of a Yellow Sun'' |- |{{sortname|Ernest|Hardy}} |''Blood Beats, Vol. 1'' |- |{{sortname|Harryette|Mullen}} |''Recyclopedia'' |- |{{sortname|Alberto|Ríos}} |''Theater of Night'' |- ! rowspan="5" |2008 |{{sortname|Chris|Abani}} |''Song for Night'' |- |{{sortname|Amiri|Baraka}} |''Tales of the Out and the Gone'' |- |{{sortname|Frances|Hwang}} |''Transparency'' |- |{{sortname|Naeem|Murr}} |''The Perfect Man'' |- |{{sortname|Joseph M.|Marshall III}} |''The Day the World Ended at Little Big Horn'' |- ! rowspan="3" |2009 |{{sortname|Uwem|Akpan}} |''Say You're One of Them'' |- |{{sortname|Juan Felipe|Herrera}} |''Half of the World in Light: New and Selected Poems'' |- |{{sortname|Lily|Hoang}} |''Changing'' |- ! rowspan="3" |2010 |{{sortname|Sherwin|Bitsui}} |''Flood Song'' |- |{{sortname|Robin D. G. |Kelley}} |''Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original'' |- |{{sortname|Canyon|Sam}} |''Sky Train: Tibetan Women on the Edge of History''
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==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[https://pen.org/literary-awards/pen-open-book-award/ Official site]
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